Des Townson

Des Townson
Author: Brian Peet
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre:
ISBN: 9780473481070
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Des Townson was a yacht designer and boatbuilder who possessed an analytical mind, an innate feel for sailing boats and a wonderful eye for their visual balance. During a five decade long design career he produced some of the most eye-catching, easily handled and well performing maritime craft to ever grace New Zealand waters. The fact he was self-taught and worked almost his entire career alone only intensifies the achievements of this remarkable man. His own recollections and those of his family, close friends and associates combined with photos, boat plans and press reports, ensure a detailed record of his impact on the New Zealand sailing scene is preserved. Des Townson's legacy continues to this day through the thousands of yachts still bearing his name.

Soundings

Soundings
Author: Kennedy Warne
Publisher: Massey University Press
Total Pages: 236
Release: 2023-06-08
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1991016603
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Perhaps the closest a human being comes to visiting another planet is to descend into the sea.In Soundings, Kennedy Warne connects his lifelong exploration of the underwater world with a global story of humanity' s relationship with the sea.Drawing on more than 20 years of fieldwork for National Geographic, he shares experiences that range from diving with harp seals under the sea ice of the Gulf of St Lawrence to following the legendary &‘ sardine run' along South Africa' s Wild Coast; from watching turret-building ghost crabs in Arabia to witnessing the impact of dynamite fishing in the Philippines; from swimming with crocodiles in the Okavango Delta to finding seahorses on the Eastern Cape.From a myriad underwater encounters a wider conversation emerges about human engagement with the sea. One question dominates: How can we care for and reconnect with the oceans around us?

Home Boats

Home Boats
Author: Nick Tolerton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 329
Release: 2021
Genre: Cargo ships
ISBN: 9781877418884
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"For a century until container ships came alo ng the Home Boats were the foundation of New Zealand and Australia's prosperity. This book tells the story of these great passenger and cargo liners and the seafarers who manned them - salty stories of wars, storms and smuggling cargoes ranging from butter to bras to bombs, and tales from the bridge and from the engine rooms and of the aloft on the siling ships."--Back cover.

Wild Seas to Greenland

Wild Seas to Greenland
Author: Rebecca Hayter
Publisher:
Total Pages: 200
Release: 2021
Genre: Ocean travel
ISBN: 9780473544683
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"When I sailed to Greenland with 1994 Whitbread Round the World Race winner Ross Field, I knew many yachties would want to know how Ross applied 35 years' ocean racing experience to the refit of his 20-year-old, 55ft aluminium sloop; how he managed his boat at sea, especially through North Atlantic storms; follow closely as Ross weather-routed us around dangerous storms and hear some war stories from his yacht racing days. Wild Seas to Greenland has many tips for safer, more comfortable cruising, as well as a glimpse of the wildlife and people we met in an extraordinary Arctic destination."--www.rebeccahayter.co.nz.